Io
The World Shaper, The Concordant Dragon, The Great Eternal Wheel, Swallower of Shades, The Ninefold Dragon, Creator of Dragonkind (a.k.a. Asgorath)
The God of Creation, Dragons, Balance, and Neutrality.
He (or she, as some traditions suggested) was regarded as the creator of the multiverse and of dragonkind, and he manipulated the destinies of all dragons by operating in a way that nobody suspected his involvement.
Io encompasses all alignments, such that they are truly neutral.
Divine Domains
Dragonkind, balance, peace, Dragons, Knowledge, magic, spells, strength, travel, and wealth.
Divine Symbols & Sigils
Their holy symbol is an unadorned circle, which represents totality.
Their favored weapon is Claw (Scimitar).
Tenets of Faith
Io cared only for dragons and other draconic creatures, and their continued existence in the world. That means Io could take the side of the dragons if they were threatened by other races, but also that Io could help the non-draconic races to put down dragons who jeopardized the survivability of the race as a whole.
While Io preferred to remain neutral in the conflicts between dragons, if such conflict threatened to escalate, he acted without hesitation to stop it, usually sending a servitor but in rare occasions intervening personally.
Physical Description
Body Features
Io never manifested himself before his worshipers. However, he made his existence felt as a powerful presence in their minds.
Io, however, could manifest physically if he wanted to, taking on the form of any dragon, and even in forms of other draconic creatures, such as pseudodragons. The oldest myths of dragonkind claimed that Io manifested physically only once, during the act of creating the multiverse. Those who believed in this myth believed Asgorath was so huge, that even his scales were larger than the largest mortal dragon that ever existed.
Social
Contacts & Relations
Io had no enemies among the other gods, because of his neutral point of view. Even those of opposing alignments could find common cause under the banner of the World Shaper.
Family Ties
Creater (and thus, parental figure) of Tiamat and Bahamut.
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